Employment

Well-documented changes in the legal profession since the economic recession are sending a small but growing number of law
school graduates down a new career path toward companies that want employees with juris doctorates but do not involve the
practice of law.

More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and
benefits with their workers under a decision by a politically split U.S. labor board.

Employment attorneys and their clients large and small are scrambling to find ways to deal with a likely change in federal
regulation that could more than double the earnings threshold for workers classified as exempt from overtime.

A Columbus teacher who claimed his contract wasn’t renewed after he missed 23 days of school should have his day in
court on his claims that the school system interfered with his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act and retaliated against
him.

A former Indianapolis lab technician presented enough evidence to support her claims of discrimination and retaliation that
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned summary judgment in favor of her former employer.

A federal judge in Texas has threatened to hold Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and other top immigration enforcement
officials in contempt of court for not fixing problems that led to work permits being mistakenly awarded under President Barack
Obama's executive immigration action after the judge had put the plan on hold.

Attorney Larry L. Morris will succeed Steve Lancaster as the new court administrator for the Indiana Court of Appeals, effective
October 1, the court announced Wednesday. Lancaster will retire in September after 20 years with the court.

The Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed the denial of a man's application for unemployment benefits, finding the
record doesn't support that he was fired for just cause for violating his employer's professional conduct rules. The man kept
a mentally disabled client in a hot car, citing his safety and the safety of other riders.

National data released by the American Bar Association shows that the Class of 2014 has a slightly larger percentage of its
graduates employed in long-term, full-time positions that require bar passage as compared with the Class of 2013.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging they
divulged confidential information and trade secrets after departing a computer systems company and began working for a competitor.

Indiana's practice of having local boards set wages for public construction projects would be repealed under a GOP-led
push that Senate committee members approved Tuesday, a move opponents say could have a negative impact on the industry's
workforce.

The advice labor and employment attorneys provide companies is changing in light of recent court decisions on Indiana’s
laws governing same-sex marriage, and it may change again when the Supreme Court of the United States rules on the issue.

With the increased visibility of transgender people in the media, you’ve probably heard about Jazz Jennings, the 14-year-old
activist who recently landed a show on TLC which will feature her family and how she deals with typical teen drama as a transgender
individual. Or, you’ve spent a Saturday binge watching the Netflix hit “Orange is the New Black,” a show
staring Laverne Cox, a transgender actress and LGBT advocate, who is the first openly transgender person to be nominated for
an Emmy. It is refreshing to see trans people in the media as it reflects our growth and acceptance as a society for those
who have been historically mistreated and underrepresented.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the decision by an administrative law judge that a nurse was not fired for just cause.
The COA noted surprise that the man's claims he was joking when he made sexually inappropriate comments to co-workers led
the ALJ to decide the actions did not amount to violation of his employer's sexual harassment policy.

A dispute between a school corporation and teachers association that made its way before the Indiana Court of Appeals led
to the court concluding the teachers may qualify for overtime for performing school-related duties outside of their normal
teaching hours.